Approach
I have experience teaching in a research university, a small liberal arts college, and a prison. In teaching I stress the development of habits of critical inquiry and skills of expression that can be put to use across the humanities and social sciences. When designing courses, I also value responsiveness to the particular interests and life experiences of my students. This calls for an open-minded attitude to canon formation and disciplinary boundaries. Finally, I believe that pedagogy should be thought about together with structural issues of education justice.
Courses Taught
University of Denver
- Introduction to Political Thought (Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021)
- Modern Political Thought: Consent, Progress, Power (Fall 2019)
- Conservative Political Thought (Winter 2020)
- US Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (Spring 2020, Spring 2021)
- Feminist Political Thought (Spring 2020, Spring 2021)
- Introduction to Law and Society (Upcoming in Fall 2020)
- American Political Thought (Upcoming in Fall 2020)
- Contemporary Democratic Theory (Upcoming in Winter 2021)
Beloit College
- Introduction to Political Thinking (Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
- US Federal Government and Politics (Fall 2018)
- US Constitutional Law (Spring 2019)
- Modern Political Thought: Consent, Progress, Power (Spring 2019)
Prison and Neighborhood Arts Project
- The Meaning and Limits of Rights (Summer 2017)
- The Meaning and Limits of Rights (Summer 2016, co-taught)
- Theory and Event (Summer 2015)
- Introduction to Political Theory in the American Context (Fall 2014, co-taught)
Read student essays from these classes here.
